Today is author, William Gibson's birthday.
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| William Gibson |
If you have never read one of his cyberpunk novels then you are really missing out. He is an uncompromising author whose creations span the divide between contemporary literature and science-fiction.
Gibson does not so much describe a near future world but rather puches you in the face with the sights, smells and sounds blending pop culture and contemporary history together into words with visceral meaning.
"The sky above the port was the color of television tuned to a dead channel."
The Cyberpunk Genre
I encountered Gibson through the Cyberpunk roleplaying game and during the late 80s early 90s and this was my go-to obsession for many years. I voraciously consumed anything remotely cyberpunk and this unlocked the door to many other passions such as Anime and the internet which was barely a thing 20 something years ago.
In fact I made my first cyberpunk RPG website featuring a clumsy netrunning simalcrum back in 1995 using the long discontinued AOLpress before gravitating to Dreamweaver.
Gibson's first novel Neuromancer was allegedly written on an outdated mechanical typewriter, a fact that just added to his mystique. Of course he has since fully embraced the internet and can be found @GreatDismal on twitter.
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